Sparta

The Spartans were not destroyed by anyone in particular. Their big problem was that, as a city-state based on an exclusive minority which was peridoically engaged in warfare, that warrior mnority was a shrinking asset. Whenever they suffered a serious defeat, the downward move in population was accelerated. Their loss to the Theban alliance in the early 4th Century BCE was a critical point from which they never fully recovered. Although they made an attempt at recovery in the late 3rd Century, it was temporary, and Sparta ceased to be a power in the Hellenic world. Thereafter they faded out, being recognised for their past achievements, but counting for nothing in Hellenistic affairs.

Sparta was a collection of villages. It boasted of 'human walls', that is it relied on its warriors to protect it. This came awry in later years when it could not mount a strong enough army after its power declined.

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The helots were serfs, that is they were bound to the land, and obliged to give a portion of the produce to the owner of the land - to the city of Sparta which had taken over the land. Therefore they lived on their farms and could not leave them.

The direct distance between Sparta and Athens is 212.7 kilometers. While to two city-states could reach each other by land, they often sailed because it was quicker.

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Athens

They were a military state, focused on creating supreme warriors. However, their state was also focused on doing "what was right"... Much like the greek custom of Xenia. One philosopher (Xenophon) once noted that at an olympic games, an elderly man was looking for a seat and the Spartans stood up for him to sit down. The Greeks did not stand up but instead applauded the Spartans for doing so. They also had equal rights for women. No other state in the classical world had this type of power for women. Even Egypt, who had female priestesses and pharoahs did not let all women have equal power.

So they weren't that bad. They just chucked away feeble babies. But they were often adopted by Helots who lived in the mountains.

Helots were executed if they got too fat.

Because they destroyed Greece and killed thousands.

It was ruled only by a selected few, called an oligarchy

Pleistarchus son of Leonidas I Agiad King of Sparta was new born when his father defended the Thermopylae at 480 BCE. His cousin Pausanias acted as regent until he reached the eligible age to be a King. He died at 458 BCE at the age of 22.

It was Destroyed by the Persians

Ancient Sparta focused more on military achievements and ancient Athens thought more of academic knowledge. Athens were a democracy and Sparta was an oligarchy

I think they invented coins for trade, and they also invented a political system.

To develope the fighting skill at war to gain money and land and slave at war and to protect the city and to win most of their battles

Spartans, like many Ancient Greeks, were obsessed with appearances. Men were supposed to grow up to be strong and good-looking. Likewise, woman were supposed to be healthy enough to bear children and at the same time be beautiful. Spartans were so obsessed with this image that they would inspect newborns to ensure that the babies would grow up to be strong and able citizens. Any baby that was seen as being weak or had any sort of birth defect was thrown into the Apothetae.

women were able to play in sporting competitions with men

women were physically fit

men were in war for 2 years

The Spartans won some, lost some. They won through two factors - the strength of their army based on their constant military training as a way of life, and they fought with allies which bolstered their united strength.

They also eventually moved to the sea, subsidised by Persian money to build a fleet.

They began losing when the ongoing fighting they were involved in eroded their available military manpower, and they became a second-class military power capable only of defending their own territory.